by Natalie Delport

1. Training and skills development in the South African audio visual industry by Natalie Delport

2. NSA SAQA ABET NQF SGB OBET NLRD ETQA SETA DoL NSF DoE SDF ETD

3. Legislation: The 3 Acts

4. Skills Development NSF Public & Private Providers Employer Providers

5. South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) The body responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of the National Qualifications Framework (established in terms of the SAQA Act no. 58 of 1995)

6. SAQA To oversee the development of the NQF, by formulating and publishing policies and criteria for the registration of bodies responsible for establishing education and training standards or qualifications and for the accreditation of bodies responsible for monitoring and auditing achievements in terms of such standards and qualifications.

7. Consultation Panels Appointed by SAQA

8. Standards Generation Function NQF NLRD Qualifications Unit Standards

9. Outcomes Based Education (OBE) According to the National Department of Education’s Policy Document (1997), outcomes-based education (OBE) should be driven by the outcome displayed by the learner at the end of the educational experience

10. Principles of OBE • Self-paced learning • Flexibility • Facilitation • Critical thinking, reasoning, reflection, action • Learner responsibility • Recognition • Equity • Learner centered • Learning in real-life situations • Continuous integrated assessments

11. National Qualifications Framework (NQF) The NQF is a structure that organises and classifies qualifications and competencies in South Africa. It consists of registered unit standards and qualifications at eight levels of learning...

12. NQF System 12 Standards and Qualifications Standards

13. NQF LEVELS

14. NQF Principles

15. Skills Development Levy (SDL) Skills Development Levy. This is a levy (of 1%) payable and collected by the South African Revenue Services (SARS) by employers who pay more than a certain figure of salaries per year.

16. Skills Development Levy (SDL) Whether you pay R50 or R5 000 per month for Skills Development Levy, you are entitled to get back a portion of the money you have paid in the form of Levy Grants. A simplified form has been developed to make grants more accessible to all companies.

17. Skills Development Levy (SDL) Mandatory Grants = 50 % (through WSP submission) Discretionary Grant = TBC (Special Calls via SETA’s)

18. Workplace Skills Plan(WSP) The company training plan approved by the relevant SETA…

19. Workplace Skills Plan(WSP) Companies with 50 or more employees(temporary and permanent employees), will complete the Workplace Skills Plan and Annual Training Report annually - SETA provides templates.

20. International System National Systems Moderation SME Assessors DOL DOE SETA SGB Management SAQA and ETQAs ISO & IIP Quality Assurance Systems Quality Assurance Systems

21. QUALIFICATION OUTCOMES UNIT STANDARDS COMPETENCE ASSESSMENT CRITERIA EVIDENCE PORTFOLIO EMBEDDED KNOWLEDGE MODERATE CRITICAL OUTCOMES VERIFY

22. The Assessment Process Moderated and Verified Delegate asks to be assessed Certification by SETA Assessment of POE & Feedback to/from Learner Assessment is planned Knowledge (written/oral) & Practical (workplace) Assessment takes place - in the workplace

23. What is an Assessment? Assessment is a process ofidentifying, gathering and interpretinginformation about a learner’s achievement, as measured against nationally agreed outcomes for a particular phase of learning

24. What is an Assessment? FOUR STEPS IN ASSESSMENT • Generating and collecting evidence of achievement • Evaluating this evidence against the outcomes • Recording the findings of this evaluation • Using this information to assist the learner’s development and improve the process of learning

25. Competence Model for Assessments KNOWLEDGE Cognitive Foundational Head Read Mind SKILL Psychomotor Practical Hand Do Body ATTITUDE Affective Reflective Heart Think Soul

26. Quality Assurance Function Quality of Learning

27. Moderators Assessment Support System ETQA Verifiers Assessors and Assessment Designers Evidence Collection Facilitators

28. Appeals Procedure Assessment Dissatisfied candidate Appeal to provider Moderation Dissatisfied candidate Verification Appeal to ETQA Appeal to SAQA Dissatisfied candidate

29. Types of Assessment SUMMATIVE • At end of learning programme • Determines overall competence • Assessment against unit standards • To obtain credits FORMATIVE • Active support during learning process • Identify learner strengths and weaknesses • Provide feedback on progress • Developmental • Prepares for summative assessment

30. Types of Evidence

31. Critical Cross-Field Outcomes • Identify a problem and know how to solve it. • Display interpersonal skills. How does the learner relate with others? • Ability to plan his/her own activities. Is he/she organised or disorganised? • Collect, analyse and evaluate information. • Communicate verbally or in writing. Does the learner write down information like figures correctly? • Display responsibility and conscientiousness when working with tools. Care for the environment and others. Care for the safety of others. • Display awareness of the world as a set of interrelated systems.

32. Assessment Principles

33. Rules of Evidence

34. Assessment Methods

35. Format of a Unit Standard

36. Assessment Documentation • Application for Assessment • (based on U/std or Qual ID) • Moderator Report • SETA Moderator Report Moderated and Verified Delegate asks to be assessed • Assessment Planning • Confirm Assessment (to all parties) • Statement of Results (SOR) from SETA • Add to NLRD Certification by SETA Assessment of POE & Feedback to/from Learner • Assessment Instruments • Checklists Assessment is planned • Assessor judgement (C or NYC) • Assessor Feedback • Learner Feedback • Assessor Review • Send to Moderator • Submit to SETA Knowledge (written/oral) & Practical (workplace) Assessment takes place - in the workplace

37. Questions? • Facilitator: Natalie Delport / Jeniffer Maako • Cell: 082 906 0224 / 072 423 7999 • Fax: 086 572 6224 • E-mail: natalie@portaltolearning.co.za jeniffer@portaltolearning.co.za www.portaltolearning.co.za

39. SHORT COURSES: What is a Short Course? • A short course is a type of short learning programme through which a learner may or may not be awarded credits, depending on the purpose of the programme. • A Credit-bearing short course is a type of short learning programme for which credits, in relation to the course's contribution to a particular programme, unit standard and/or (part) qualification, is are awarded. (Paraphrased from CHE, 2001:44). A credit-bearing short course contains less than 120 credits. • A Non-credit-bearing short course is a type of short learning programme for which no credits are awarded in relation to unit standards or (part) qualifications depending on the purpose and/or assessment of the programme.

40. REGISTRATION OF NEW STANDARDS AND QUALIFICATIONS: What is the difference between a qualification and a learning programme, and can a programme be registered on the National Qualifications Framework? • The essential difference between a qualification and a learning programme is that a qualification is a learning outcome, and a learning programme the process one embarks upon in fulfilment of that outcome. • A qualification means the formal recognition of the achievement of learning. A learning programme on the other hand is the process which one embarks upon in order to fulfil that achievement. • A qualification is characterized by learning outcomes - critical cross-field and specific outcomes - which provide the learner with opportunities for further (lifelong) learning. Subject to SAQA approval, a qualification can be registered on the National Qualifications Framework. Once thus registered, the qualification becomes "public domain property". A learning programme is a provider-specific course or programme offered to learners against a particular qualification, and is subject to quality assurance by an accredited ETQA. Learning programmes, then, cannot be registered on the National Qualifications Framework.